Chelyabinsk meteorite nano individuals - 8 g

The meteorite that, on February 15, 2013, rushing toward Earth at 18 kilometers per second, about 20 m in size, was greatly decelerated by the Earth's atmosphere. The energy released caused a massive explosion whose shock wave damaged 3,700 buildings. The meteor was torn apart, so a meteor shower of many thousands of pieces rained down, often only a few grams in weight, but pieces of several kilograms were also recovered. The Chelyabinsk meteor fall is, due to its violence and its good video documentation, to be found in every future literary meteorite work. Also, for the first time, sound recordings of a superbolide have been made. Chelyabinsk shows very different textures; the asteroid was not homogeneous. Besides bright unshocked rock, some pieces show fine nets of shock veins, others consist entirely of dark melts and melt breccias that were formed in earlier asteroid collisions.

nano individuals 8 g

the glass jar is 30 x 17 x 17 mm

International meteorite collector association member number #3503